Saturday, October 4, 2008

EWMBA eZine - Week of October 2, 2008

Admissions Volunteers Needed

2nd and 3rd years we need you to help out as part of our on-campus Information Sessions for prospective students.

Email Molly Kihanya (mkihanya@haas.berkeley.edu) if you have time from 7:30 – 8:15 pm or so to help out on:
10/21, Tuesday, 7-8:30pm, C230
11/3, Monday, 7-8:30pm, C230
12/2, Tuesday, 7-8:30pm, C230

EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day

The EWMBA Program Office and EWMBAA Community Service Committee would like to invite you to our Annual Volunteer Day on Sunday, October 19th, from 9-12pm. Our event for this year will be at the San Francisco Food Bank (900 Pennsylvania Ave. SF). This is a great event where all EWMBA students, as well as program staff members, come together for the day to spend some time out to volunteer for a worthy cause. Lunch will be provided for the group right after the event. You should receive an evite shortly with the detail. Look forward to seeing you there!

- Community Service Committee

First Year OSKI Cohort Reps

Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten the Oski Reps for you first years. Here you go:

Oski Cohort Reps
Amber Ulrich amber_ulrich@mba.berkeley.edu
Kishore Konakanchi kishore_konakanchi@mba.berkeley.edu
Dharini Ramakrishnan dharini_ramakrishnan@mba.berkeley.edu


EWMBA Discussion Forum
The forum is running and we have over 100 members. Anybody with a '@mba.berkeley.edu' e-mail address can get access to this forum.

Register at: http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org/profile.php?mode=register
Remember that the quality of a Haas MBA comes from the folks who participate in the program.

Similarly, what you can get out of the forums will come from the number of participants. So please sign up!

If you have discussion forum experience and would like to help out, please contact Ben (benchong@mba.berkeley.edu).

Events This Week

Thursday, October 2
*NEW* Social Impact Week: Alumni Networking Event

Friday, October 3
*NEW* Warren Buffet Trip Application Due to the Finance Club

Saturday, October 4
Haas Homecoming

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 6
Dean’s Speaker Series: Forum on Financial Turmoil – Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 7
Haas Leadership Club: What is corporate leadership?: A discussion of leadership training at Goldman Sachs with Dean Rich Lyons

Thursday, October 9
Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing

Saturday, October 18
*NEW* Walk for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Sunday, October 19
*NEW* EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day

Sunday, October 26
*NEW* Leading Through Innovation Executive Seminar Series:
Steve W. Martin, Founder of Heavy Hitter Sales Training Program


To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Social Impact Week: Alumni Networking Event
Date: Thursday, October 2
Time: 6:30PM – 8PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room

Register at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=167330 (It's free!)

The Net Impact Club on campus would like to invite you to come hear Haas alum Kristin Groos Richmond speak about her experience as founder and CEO of Revolution Foods (http://www.revfoods.com/). Mingle with students interested in social and environmental impact and meet alumni interested in or working in the fields of corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, clean energy, international development, non-profit, education, and more.


Warren Buffet Trip Application Due to the Finance Club
Date: Friday, October 3, 2008
Time: Due by 11:59pm

The Haas Finance Club is sponsoring the Warren Buffet trip to Omaha, Nebraska on November 21, 2008.

Application link with detailed selection criteria and trip information is located at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=z6xuHcZ6tL39edKWSOUWnQ_3d_3d

Mr. Warren Buffet has especially encouraged women to participate in this trip.

You must be a member of the Haas Finance Club to join this trip. Membership is open to all Haas students in every program.

Feel free to contact Zach Chan (Zach_chan@mba.berkeley.edu) and me (AlanJen@mba.berkeley.edu) with questions.


Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time/Location: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!
Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming
Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Dean’s Speaker Series: Forum on Financial Turmoil – Panel Discussion
Date: Monday, October 6
Time: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room

A light dinner will be served. Seating is first-come, first-served.
7:35 p.m. Welcome and introductions by Dean Rich Lyons
7:40 p.m. Panel Discussion
- Prof. Hayne Leland, Arno Rayner Professor of Finance and Management
- Prof. Nancy Wallace, California Chair of Real Estate and Urban Economics
- Prof. Jim Wilcox, Kruttschnitt Family Professor of Financial Institutions
8:00 p.m. Q& A

Haas Leadership Club: What is corporate leadership?: A discussion of leadership training at Goldman Sachs with Dean Rich Lyons
Date: Tuesday, October 7
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Location: Cheit 220

Details: All Haas is welcome. Lunch will be served (we'll try to get better pizza this time) Leadership Club members: free. Non-members: $5. Also note - if you do not sign up for the club soon, you will be removed from the mail list. ;-)
RVSP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZMVlxxLaC1L0WrL4Bgy_2bWg_3d_3d
1Membership dues go to subsidize lunches and further content. To become a member, put $20 in Usman Khalid's box.

For more information, please contact Will Wright (will_wright@mba.berkeley.edu), John Woods (john_woods@mba.berkeley.edu), Michael Chou (michael_chou@mba.berkeley.edu), Sumeet Verlekar (sumeet_verlekar@mba.berkeley.edu), or Usman Khalid (usman_khalid@mba.berkeley.edu).


Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing
Date: Thursday, October 9
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Restaurant TBD—Near BART in Downtown San Francisco
Cost: $25 to offset the cost of the meal and drinks, due prior to the dinner, co-sponsored by the EWMBAA
RSVP: kelly_kennedy@mba.berkeley.edu

For the next installment of our new Student-Alumni Dinner Series, the Alumni Relations Committee is pleased to invite you to our Brand Management/Consumer Marketing dinner.

This is a casual dinner for six EWMBA students to get to know two successful alumni in the field and find out what a Brand Management career is really like! RSVP early, space is limited.

Featured Alumni:
Jennifer Okanes ‘03—Brand Manager at Clorox
Alvin Young ‘07—Associate Brand Manager at Del Monte


Walk for and Sponsor Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 10 AM followed by Octoberfest
Location: Crissy Field, San Francisco

Raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and the complications it can cause.

How can I help?
There is a few ways you can help. (1) You could join the Haas team as a walker. If you choose this option, you will raise funds and walk along with your fellow Haas mates or family members! (2) Sponsor a Haas walker by donating towards the cause (This is a tax deductible donation).

Walk details available at http://walk.jdrf.org/ or call 415-997-0360.
Contact Professor John O’Brien at obrien@haas.berkeley.edu for more information.


EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day
Date: Sunday, October 19
Time: 9AM to Noon
Location: San Francisco Food Bank, 900 Pennsylvania Ave, SF

Come Volunteer with your fellow EWMBAs and the Program Office Staff! Evite will follow shortly.

Leading Through Innovation Executive Seminar Series:
Steve W. Martin, Founder of Heavy Hitter Sales Training Program

Date: Sunday, October 26
Time: 9AM to 1:30PM
Location: Andersen Auditorium

Please join author Steve W. Martin as he explains what is truly at the heart of sales: how to build relationships and how to persuade skeptics to believe you. Steve will cover the following topics in this interactive half-day workshop:

• Determining Political Power
• Influencing an Organization at Various Levels
• Understanding How People Communicate
• Selling Strategic, Operational, Political, and Psychological Value
AND MUCH MORE….

Register by clicking this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Hsut1DU7h8dC6OPSxFUgwg_3d_3d
Please register by October 19, 2008.

Attendees will receive a copy of Steve’s leading book about sales, Heavy Hitter Selling: How Successful Salespeople Use Language and Intuition to Persuade Customers to Buy.

If you have questions, please e-mail pamela_riley@haas.berkeley.edu.

EWMBA eZine - Week of September 25, 2008

First Year Cohort Reps
Do you have a program issue that you would like to address but don't know who to talk to? Your cohort rep can help facilitate communication between first year EWMBA students and the EWMBA Association. Cohort reps communicate important information and announcements to you, and they are available to receive feedback regarding the program and transmit it to the appropriate committees.

Don't be shy. Talk to your reps and let them know what is on your mind so the EWMBA Association can take action to improve your experience at Haas.

Axe Cohort Reps
Tim Lee - tim_lee@mba.berkeley.edu
Naveen Prasanna - naveen_prasanna@mba.berkeley.edu

Blue Cohort Reps
Rahul Awasthy - rahul_awasthy@mba.berkeley.edu
Thomas Fitzpatrick - thomas_fitzpatrick@mba.berkeley.edu
Vikas Meka - vikas_meka@mba.berkeley.edu

Gold Cohort Reps
Divyang Agrawal - divyang_agrawal@mba.berkeley.edu
Shourya Basu - shourya.basu@mba.berkeley.edu

EWMBA Discussion Forum
The forum will serve as a single repository to maintain discussions pertinent to the b-school life of the Haas EWMBA community.
Currently, there's no single system that stores various topics of interest to the EWMBA students. While individual years maintain their own YahooGroups, there's no sharing of information across the spectrum. Moreover, none of the existing solutions (including the YahooGroups) maintain threads of conversation by interest areas. This forum will enable faster access to relevant information. For example, individuals interested in career related topics can directly jump to that folder and search for specific threads. The forum will also serve as a living repository of events and experiences (with courses, professors, school life etc).
Anybody with a '@mba.berkeley.edu' e-mail address can get access to this forum. Others can neither browse nor post topics. All posts will be moderated by the EWMBAA communications committee.

Go to http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org/profile.php?mode=register
Enter the basic profile information. Please ensure that you enter your Haas e-mail address. Once, you get a confirmation e-mail (within 48 hours), you are ready to contribute.
The 48 hour delay is due to having a human being (Ben) at the other end to approve sign-ups. If you have discussion forum experience and would like to help out, please contact Ben (benchong@mba.berkeley.edu).

Remember that the quality of a Haas MBA comes from the folks who participate in the program. Similarly, what you can get out of the forums will come from the number of participants. So please sign up!

NetImpact Social Week
Events will be held the week of 9/29 to 10/3. Check out page 3 of this link http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/netimpact/Newsletter/09.22.2008.pdf for more details about the Keynote speaker, Will Rosenzweig, Founder of the Republic of Tea, speaking Monday night, the club mixer Thursday night, and other scheduled events.

Events This Week

Saturday, September 27
*NEW* Haas for Students Tailgate

Tuesday, September 30
*NEW* Israel Trek 2009

All Week - Net Impact Social Week (see details above)

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 4
Haas Homecoming

Thursday, October 9
*NEW* Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing


To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Haas For Students Tailgate
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008
Time: 12:30pm-3:00pm (game time)
Where: Haas Courtyard

You are invited to a Haas for Students Tailgate, organized by the first-years in Oski.

(From Jason Hirschhorn, the new Oski Cohort Community Rep.): Oski wears a size 15 shoe and drinks through a hole in his right eye. A cohort named after this guy will put on a legit tailgate. Come and see for yourself and do what you've wanted to do all year: Be a part of Oski for a day, support Haas for Students and prepare yourself for the afternoon's game with quality food and beverage.

Food: Gourmet burgers, sausages, chips, veggies, and more.
Drinks: Premium beer, wine and soft drinks

Proceeds: Go to Haas for Students, which provides Fellowships to your MBA ‘10 classmates who choose nonprofit summer internships.
Cost : Recommended donation is $15 per person – a great value for the money!

To pay, please send your $15, more if you like, via PayPal (bank account or credit card) to HaasforStudents@haas.berkeley.edu by Friday 9 AM. Please double-check the spelling before you submit payment.

To Make Donations for Multiple People – Log on to your PayPal account and send $15 for each person to HaasforStudents@haas.berkeley.edu, and include guest names in the online RSVP (below).

ONE MORE THING - Confirm your attendance: If you are definitely coming, please confirm your attendance by completing this survey via Zoomerang by 9 AM on Friday so we know how much food to buy. It will take 20 seconds of your time. In addition to sending payment on PayPal, you MUST RSVP by 9 AM Friday if you plan on attending.


Israel Trek 2009
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Time: 7:45-8:10pm
Where: C110

Israel Trek 2009 is kicking off... join us for a brown bag for information about the most talked about trek of the year.

On January 3 to 13, 2009, we will be visiting Israel, meeting political, business leaders, visiting historical and holy sites and gaining an understanding of Israel, its culture and people, and the opportunities for doing business in Israel. We would be presenting the high level itinerary and answer any questions at 7:45-8:10 on Tuesday 9/30 in C110 and same time on 10/1 in C135.

If you cannot make the brown bag and are interesting joining, please sign up with alexandra_levich@mba.berkeley.edu and drop a deposit check for $300 (made out to the Jewish Business Club) in Shai Alfandary’s (FTMBA) mailbox.

Please email Shai Alfandary (shai_alfandary@mba.berkeley.edu) or Ariel Rak (ariel_rak@mba.berkeley.edu) with any questions!


UPCOMING EVENTS

Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!
Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming
Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu

Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing
Date: Thursday, October 9
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Restaurant TBD—Near BART in Downtown San Francisco
Cost: $25 to offset the cost of the meal and drinks, due prior to the dinner, co-sponsored by the EWMBAA
RSVP: kelly_kennedy@mba.berkeley.edu

For the next installment of our new Student-Alumni Dinner Series, the Alumni Relations Committee is pleased to invite you to our Brand Management/Consumer Marketing dinner.

This is a casual dinner for six EWMBA students to get to know two successful alumni in the field and find out what a Brand Management career is really like! RSVP early, space is limited.

Featured Alumni:
Jennifer Okanes ‘03—Brand Manager at Clorox
Alvin Young ‘07—Associate Brand Manager at Del Monte


DID YOU KNOW?
Get to your favorite Haas weblinks faster by updating your Quick Links on the bottom right corner of the Haas Homepage http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/.

EWMBA eZine - Week of September 18, 2008

The Social Committee
Welcome to the new Haas family additions and howdy to everyone. The year has already started and we have not done a whole lot of fun yet. Well! Let’s change that!
We closed down on a neat little welcome to the oldies on Saturday, September 13th, where we had a decent mix of 2nd and 3rd year folks socializing. To benefit the first year newbies, we have one about to hole up at Bears Lair this coming Saturday, September 20th. If you are going to be in Berkeley, I am hearing it’s going to be a tear. And a couple of our first year socialites are going to pull it off too - hear hear for Carmen and Shourya.
Beyond the welcome socials, we have a tentative list. And yes, we are definitely doing a 'Guys Nite Out'..tsk tsk. Who am I kidding?
Here is what we anticipate doing:
- Two evening socials. Yes! we do get hate mail from the weekday guys
- One tailgate in plan, we will announce that ahead of time
- Two tandem weekend socials - oldies and newbies
- Peer hiring social event (this might be by invitation, but still pending)
- Year end party
And we would love to hear from you, so do let us know if you want help in pulling off something together that drives the Haas network. Alright! O&O from our side. Go Haas! Go Bears!
Always Partying!!

- Mandar for The Social Committee


Events This Week

Saturday, September 20
Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley

Wednesday, September 24
Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Fall BBQ

Upcoming Events
Saturday, October 4
Haas Homecoming

To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 6:10pm
Where: Bear’s Lair, Lower Sproul, Berkeley Campus
Hosted by Carmen Chan Carmen_chan@mba.berkeley.edu and Mandar Shinde mandar_shinde@mba.berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Fall BBQ
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Time: 4 to 7pm
Where: Campanile Esplanade

The BERC Fall 08 BBQ is coming up! This is a big one.

Please take a moment to fill out this quick survey by 9/20 to help give us a better idea of how many will be coming. Also, we would love to have volunteers. If you didn’t sign up already at the General Membership meeting, you can either sign up via the survey or bounce me a mail.

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB2289CH7FBVU


UPCOMING EVENTS

Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!

Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming

Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu


DID YOU KNOW?
As a student, you qualify for very attractive student discounts on computer hardware and software. For example, you can get a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 for just $209. Very nice for us marketing types (or wannabes) who need to do rapid prototyping for collateral purposes or to communicate with those pesky engineers!
Check out the Scholar’s Workstation. It is an on-campus store and you can also order online at: http://www.tsw.berkeley.edu/

EWMBA eZine - Week of September 11, 2008

First Year Bloggers Wanted

The Life@Haas blog http://www.berkeleyewmbastudents.blogspot.com/ features an insider’s view of the life of EWMBA students at Haas for prospective students.

We’re looking for some first years to join the bloggers to share a combination of academics, career opportunities, social events, and your perspective of work/school/life balance.

To apply, please email the following to Anlei Lee anlei_lee@mba.berkeley.edu:
1. Interests ( Careers interests / Clubs that you are involved with, anything else interesting) (so that we show a well balanced picture of Haas)
2. Writing Sample or Link to your Blog (if you have one)


EWMBAA Group Football Tickets

Join your fellow EWMBA students and show your Cal Spirit! The EWMBAA Social Committee, together with the Berkeley/Columbia Executive MBA Program, has reserved a block of seats for two upcoming Cal football games this fall – Saturday, October 4, 2008 & Saturday, November 1, 2008. If you’re a lifelong fan or attending your 1st Cal football game, these will be great opportunities to cheer on the Cal team and enjoy a Saturday with your fellow MBA students.

**As an extra benefit, Saturday, October 4th is the Haas Homecoming Celebration and you will be able to participate in all the exciting events at Haas before the game. On Saturday, November 1, the EWMBAA Social Committee will plan a pre-game mixer (more details to follow).

All seats are priced at $34.00 and can be ordered at the following link. Timing for these games has not yet been confirmed.

https://www.groupticketwindow.com/groupticket/college/cal/group

UserID: berkeleymba
Password: mba

Please contact Tim Gaherty (gaherty@haas.berkeley.edu) if you have any questions.

Haas Leadership Club
The Haas Leadership Club is a group interested in defining and practicing leadership. Last year, we had some great successes including the Graduate Business Conference in April 2008. We've put together a line up for Fall 08 that will give us more of what Leadership Communications and the Leadership class started. Besides a natural interest, we're also looking for a small group of Full-Time and Evening & Weekend MBAs with commitment and passion who can eventually take over the club and steer it into the Spring and Fall of 09.
This Fall, we expect to be hosting events including:
Ø A media communications seminar session: professional insights on how to speak to the media (includes practice in front of a camera and mock press statement)
Ø Rich Lyons on leadership & leadership development at Goldman Sachs
Ø Practical exercises in Leadership
Ø Communication on the spot in a corporate and personal setting
Ø Leadership club movie: The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Ø The Second Haas MBA Great Debate (subject TBD)
Ø Great speeches with Bill Sonnenschein: a chance to observe and learn the leadership styles of famous leaders

We also encourage non members to join our events, however, there will be a small fee to cover
the expense of hosting that event.

For more information, contact John Woods (john_woods@mba.berkeley.edu) or Will Wright(will_wright@mba.berkeley.edu). http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/leadersathaas/index.htm

Events This Week

Friday, September 12
*NEW* Berkeley-Columbia MBA Speaker Series: Krishna Kolluri
Saturday, September 13
*NEW* Haas Welcome Social – South Bay

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, September 17
*NEW* Haas Alumni Network: Taste of Haas

Thursday, September 18
Focus on the Firm: Boston Consulting Group

Saturday, September 20
*NEW* Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley

Saturday, October 4
*NEW* Haas Homecoming

To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Berkeley-Columbia MBA Speaker Series: Krishna Kolluri
Date: Friday, September 12
Time: 12pm
Location: Anderson Auditorium

The Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program is pleased to have Krishna
‘Kittu’ Kolluri, General Partner of New Enterprise Associates, speak at Haas. This lecture is open to the Haas School community and seats will be available on a first come, first serve basis.


Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley
Date: Saturday, September 13
Time: 4:15pm
Where: Red Robin, across from the Santa Clara Sun Campus
Hosted by Mandar Shinde mandar_shinde@mba.berkeley.edu.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Haas Alumni Network ”Taste of Haas”
Date: Wednesday, September 17
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Williams-Sonoma Union Square Store, 340 Post Street, San Francisco

You are cordially invited by the Haas Alumni Network to our second annual 'TASTE OF HAAS,' a gala event featuring premier wineries, gourmet restaurants and premium specialty Bay Area food providers.

REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid
$60 per person for early registration by September 3, 2008 $75 per person for registration after September 3rdNote: Attendees will receive a $25 gift certificate good at any Williams-Sonoma store. There will be a 10% discount offered for purchases made at the event.

Focus on the Firm: Boston Consulting Group
Date: Thursday, September 18
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: S489

Starting this month, the Career Services committee is organizing a series of events to highlight leading consulting firms. Each event will feature a Berkeley Alum from the featured firm who will provide an insider’s view of consulting in general and the firm in particular. Think of this as a mini firm-night with all of the information and none of the pressure. We are delighted to kick-off this series of events with Arif Janjua, Partner, Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco.

In order to maximize the return for all attendees, we encourage only those individuals to attend who are committed to consulting and who have used the resources available on CareerNet to obtain a reasonable understanding of this career path.

Bio:
Arif Janjua - Partner, Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco
Arif joined BCG in 2005. He is active in BCG’s Technology and Communications Practice Area. Arif has over 25 years experience in operational management and consulting in the high technology and services related industries. He has held many roles throughout his career. Prior to joining BCG Arif served as CEO of idrive, a storage services company, as President of Consumer Services at Infospace, and as Director of Marketing at Gould Electronics. His consulting experience includes leading the High Technology practice at A.T. Kearney, and serving as Managing Director of the worldwide Technology and Communications Practice at Strategic Decisions Group. Arif received his Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.


Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 6:10pm
Where: Bear’s Lair, Lower Sproul, Berkeley Campus
Hosted by Carmen Chan Carmen_chan@mba.berkeley.edu and Mandar Shinde mandar_shinde@mba.berkeley.edu.


Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!
Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming
Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu


DID YOU KNOW?
By showing your Student ID to Chipotle on Telegraph, you can get a FREE drink. That’s right. It’s FREE. Another perk of being a Cal student.